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djwudi's review against another edition
2.0
An uninspired children's adaptation of The Search for Spock, complete with odd errors ("Uhuru", for instance), illustrated with stills from the film.
fantasticmrethan's review against another edition
2.0
A lot less fun that previous instalments and a lot more convoluted the longer it goes on.
katie33003's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
kbrsuperstar's review against another edition
4.0
I didn't love it as much as the novelizations of ST:II or ST:IV but my god, the women in this book -- in all these McIntyre novelizations, really -- get to do and be SO MUCH MORE than in the movies. Saavik and David Marcus fall in love even though she has never loved or been loved by anyone ever before. She's also really angry with David for having created the Genesis device and there's this great moment where she tells him she can be angry at him and still love him. Carol Marcus actually continues to exist in the book and goes to give her condolences to the parents of one of the technicians that died while working on Genesis (who also happened to be Carol's [much younger] lover, which I so appreciate). You find out how Uhura makes it from Earth to Vulcan. Even Amanda Grayson gets a moment at the end.
chimichannika's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
A splendid novelization of a perfect crescendo of a movie ♡
djwudi's review against another edition
4.0
(This review applies equally to [b:Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan|77349|Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan (Star Trek)|Vonda N. McIntyre|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900096s/77349.jpg|74749], [b:Star Trek III The Search for Spock|76725|Star Trek III The Search for Spock (Star Trek #17)|Vonda N. McIntyre|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899647s/76725.jpg|1529686], and [b:Star Trek IV The Voyage Home|1078437|Star Trek IV The Voyage Home (Star Trek)|Vonda N. McIntyre|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180802754s/1078437.jpg|824875].)
In a move that (if I remember correctly) was rather unusual for the time, the Star Trek franchise created three films that were direct sequels: each stands alone as its own story, but they also comprise three parts of one overarching story, with all the events taking place over the course of just a few months.
In a wonderful turn of events, author [a:Vonda N. McIntyre|23503|Vonda N. McIntyre|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1223870851p2/23503.jpg] handled the novelization of each of the three films, and did a masterful job of adapting each one, creating a whole at least as good as the sum of its parts. Diving deeply into not just the events of the films, but the motivations and repercussions for the characters and the universe as a whole in each book, McIntyre's novels stand as a model of what successful movie-to-film adaptations should be, and all too often aren't.
In a move that (if I remember correctly) was rather unusual for the time, the Star Trek franchise created three films that were direct sequels: each stands alone as its own story, but they also comprise three parts of one overarching story, with all the events taking place over the course of just a few months.
In a wonderful turn of events, author [a:Vonda N. McIntyre|23503|Vonda N. McIntyre|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1223870851p2/23503.jpg] handled the novelization of each of the three films, and did a masterful job of adapting each one, creating a whole at least as good as the sum of its parts. Diving deeply into not just the events of the films, but the motivations and repercussions for the characters and the universe as a whole in each book, McIntyre's novels stand as a model of what successful movie-to-film adaptations should be, and all too often aren't.
octavia_cade's review against another edition
4.0
This doesn't quite reach the heights of The Wrath of Khan, but then nothing ever does for me in Star Trek. Still, it's an extremely entertaining follow-up - McIntyre is a reliably excellent writer in this franchise - and this is one of the very few times in the speculative genres that I'm prepared to overlook the reset button and see a beloved character brought back to life. The reset button is an overused trope that I often really dislike... but not here. Yes, it's fickle of me, no I don't care. The relationships between Kirk and Spock and McCoy, and between Spock and Saavik, and Spock and Sarek, are all interesting and sympathetic. My favourite part, though, has to be the arrival at Mount Seleya and all those Vulcans turning up to witness the incipient resurrection. For all the prejudice Spock has encountered from his father's people, for all he's internalised so very much of it, seeing him finally valued in this way is genuinely touching.
birdmanseven's review against another edition
4.0
This was much more than a novelization. The first hundred pages or so were completely new. The rest served to fill in and expand the plot of the film. It was really well done.
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infosifter's review against another edition
4.0
I particularly liked this novelization because it fleshes out some of what characters are thinking and what their motivations are. It feels a bit deeper and more connected to the broader Trek universe in general than movies usually do for me.